lunedì 30 gennaio 2017

There was a time when, in order to promote a recording that is or soon
will be commercially available, record companies used a particular
"stamp", golden or silver, stating the copy is "promotional - not for
sale". Promos are normally sent directly to broadcasters, such as music
radio and television stations, and to tastemakers, such as DJs and music
journalists, in advance of the release
of commercial editions. Here we have a classic example from USA -
several singles from "Bad" have been distributed in this way with a
picture sleeve - and an unusual golden stamped promo from UK!!!! - very
difficult to find a copy like this. Gold stamps promo were released
in Australia too (on 12''s, and even on cd albums and singles) and
Brazil (on every format available) and generally and rarer than the
commercial copy, even though they don't achieve the same interest of a
promo with an unique design among collectors. So...here they are : Bad
12'' US promo version and Bad 12'' UK promo version...back to back :
Who's badder?